#apachestronghold

[nateaz]

I’ve got two Instagram feeds that are taking journeys on very different trajectories. This one is dedicated to photography but my other IG is dedicated to my life as a cactus farmer and rare plant grower at @NateArizona . I was in #DownTown #Phoenix on #GrandAvenue with only my Iphone and noticed this old #ChiefRedcloud mural - just across the street some natives were painting a mural about the #ApacheStronghold in relation to the #OakFlats #SacredSite, here in Arizona, I think. I didn’t have the courage to go chat with them; I should have? Anyways, I was on my way to a rare tropical plant shop titled the @jungleboxaz - where I will be a regular customer from now on! I didn’t know any of this was going on in the area and just stumbled upon it in my daily ventures... (at Downtown Phoenix) https://www.instagram.com/p/CKeadk6lVoE/?igshid=1mrtkegjvqiob

[12goldenberries]

The tender hummingbird resting in its nest at Oak Flat, inside the gentle protection of a large Acorn Tree, or Emory Oak I believe. Sometimes I’m not sure how to speak about the care for lands that my ancestors did not tend and did not have a connection to. But I do know that I made a pact long ago to the spirit behind all things- whatever you want to call it- that I would do what is called to me to advocate for that spirit however it manifests itself or embodied itself in the land. And I’m not perfect of course, I’ve had plenty of missed opportunities or places to work on how to do this. This Hummingbird and many other beings live at Oak Flat, sacred Apache holy grounds that are currently threatened by a South African mining company (Resolution Copper) who wants to put one of the largest copper mines in the country right at this special site. An under the table land deal on the back of an military bill a few years ago gave this once protected land (and rightfully belonging to the Apache people who weren’t even allowed to go there again until the last few decades) to the mining company. The Apache Stronghold has been fighting this land deal in courts and in prayer through yearly marches from the San Carlos Apache Reservation to Oak Flat. This year I was finally able to go after initially hearing about it from my first @wide_open_studios trip with @artistsareintents a few years ago. I had intense dreams at this place when I camped there before and after the March and have been affected by this place and the Hummingbirds, the Manzanita, the large Acorn trees, the roaring creeks that came alive in the rains. I am still holding on to the protection of this place in my heart and the protection of all places, that somehow the madness of our resource extraction will stop. #protectoakflat #saveoakflat #apachestronghold (at Oak Flat Campground) https://www.instagram.com/p/B9saZ-GBZAx/?igshid=4t28jbrw0z4f

[demdread]

Not sure if any of you know her? Lynnette Haozous (Chiricahua Apache, Navajo, Taos Pueblo) is a remarkable woman. She is a passionate activist, organizer, actress, writer, and artist. She is dedicated to justice, environment, and community and reaches many, many people with her stunning artworks. He fights, this unknown warrior, a new generation of thinker. He is of the now, he is of here, Where the Red Willow Grow, he fights, as long as the river runs clear. -poem by Lynnette Haozous Hazous travels the country fighting for justice. She has been tirelessly advocating for the release of AIM activist Leonard Peltier, imprisoned (wrongly) in 1976 for the murder of two FBI agents. This core cause seems to thread its way through all of her activist work. Hazous travels with signs, banners, flyers, and petitions dedicated to Peltier's liberation. Hazous has been heavily involved with AIM/Albuquerque. She was a leader in the #SaveOakFlat and #ApacheStronghold movements. Save Oak Flat was in response to the transfer of Oak Flat, a sacred Apache location within the Tonto National Forest, to a private, foreign-owned mining company. She presented the Save Oak Flat Act (HB 2811) in the US Senate. https://www.instagram.com/p/Btf1qB-lCdg/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=19zregvi4iwuv

[mirishops]

activist, artist, remarkable human @lhaozous 🔥 read the artcle. click link in bio. click through to blog. #newmexico #activist #resistance #revolution #resist #dapl #saveoakflat #apachestronghold (at Lone Mountain Archaeological Services)

[canyonhead]

I think I found a trail! 🌵 • • #OakFlat #Apache #ApacheStronghold #Sacredland #igsouthwest #WaterisLife #Hike #Hiking #Camping #SaveOakFlat #HikeArizona #ArizonaHighways #Explore #Arizona #Nature #Instadaily #Instagram #Instagramaz #instagood #instamood #optoutside #SuperstitionMountains #desert #mountains #TheOutbound #wildernessculture #wilderness #photooftheday #picoftheday (at Oak Flat Campground)

[earthfirstjournal]

From Neil Young to a Flash Mob: Apache Stronghold Blazes Through Country

From Neil Young to a Flash Mob: Apache Stronghold Blazes Through Country

by Christina Rose / Indian Country Today Apache dancers made a stark contrast against the New York City backdrop at the Apache Stronghold flash mob on Friday, July 17. (Apache Stronghold) From hip hop dancers to churches, universities to a flash mob in Times Square, add a stop in New Jersey to drum in a Neil Young concert, and the grassroots caravan called Apache Stronghold has blazed a path…

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[joeraelelliott]

This awesome display of resistance is happening today in Washington DC. Apaches and many other nations are gathering to stand up for sacred sites. Being a walker/ runner on the Longest Walk 2 in 2008 I learned the depth of these issues and how powerful these gatherings can be! A foreign mining company bought a sacred site called Oak Flat in AZ. A site religiously sacred to the Apache. John Mcain set up the land grab. _ Funny after living in AZ for years the Conservative party wanted all foreigners out yet they sell our land to an Australian / British company. They don't have the decency to respect first people's. All that and a ton of fucked history and all the Natives I know are some of the most resilient people I have ever known. It's awesome to see people protect what they believe in and go hard! #apachestronghold #oakflat #protectsacredsites #apache

[letsfliptwocoins]

San Carlos Apache members are marching to the #Capitol to save #OakFlat That's my tribe! #ApacheStrongHold #SaveOakFlat #TakeActionNow #Obama #WhiteHouse (at San Carlos Arizona)